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CONSULTING ENGINEERS June 23 1994 , File: 230-223-10 CIVIL ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL MUNICIPAL PLANNING STRUCTURAL e SURVEYING TRAFFIC TRANSPORTATION 1326 Energy Park Drive St. Paul, MN 55108 612-644-4389 Fax: 612-644-9446 e9800 Shelard Parkway Minneapolis, MN 55441 612-546-0432 Fax: 612-544-6398 Honorable Mayor and City Council City of Elk River P.O. Box 490 13065 Orono Parkway Elk River, MN 55330 RE: SANDPIPER ESTATES INFORMATIONAL MEETING Dear Council Members: On Wednesday evening, June 22, 1994, staff held an informational meeting at 6:30 p.m. for property owners in the Sandpiper Estates Development. According to the signup sheet, a copy of which is attached, there were fifteen property owners represented at the meeting. It should be noted that Mr. Bill Gagne is the owner of approximately seventeen of the vacant lots within the development. Also attached is a copy of the overhead material that was presented at the meeting. A copy of all of this material has been mailed to each of those in attendance at the meeting. We indicated, at the meeting, that the extension of trunk utilities westerly will require the crossing of 183rd Avenue within Sandpiper Estates with trunk sewer and water and the need to loop the watermain would require the extension of watermain southerly along the most westerly north-south street. We told those in attendance that the decision before the City Council was not an option of whether or not to avoid the Sandpiper Estates area. The question was really one of since we are going to disrupt approximately half of the area should we provide sewer and water, storm drainage, and new urban streets to the entire area now or wait until a later date. There were numerous questions about how assessments would be calculated, over what period of time they would be payable, and at what interest rate. There were also several questions about additional cost for the hookup of the sewer and water to the individual homes. There was a substantial amount of discussion and questions relative to the timing of the improvements and why the homeowners in the area did not have more knowledge of the potential sewer and water. We explained the process of the plat being approved in 1987, the developer waiting until 1990 to construct the improvements and develop the plat. At that point and time it was known that sanitary sewer and water would be extended at some date in the future and the City required an overlay plat and prepared a statement indicating sewer and water was coming. The statement was to be signed by each person pulling a building permit. Many of the homeowners indicated that they had limited or no knowledge of the potential utility extension or felt that it would be coming at a later date (in an additional three to five years from now).